Southern Africa
Southern Africa is marked by sub-tropical, semiarid and temperate climates, in contrast to the tropical savannas and dense jungles of Central Africa. Dramatic landscapes such as, Victoria Falls, the Fish River Canyon Park, the Drakensberg Mountains and…Tap on the map to travel |
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South Africa
South Africa is Africa's southernmost country. It is a large country with widely varying landscapes, 12 official languages, and an equally diverse population and is often known as the "Rainbow Nation".Namibia
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Namibia, in Southern Africa, boasts remarkable natural attractions such as the Namib Desert, the Fish River Canyon Park, Etosha National Park and the Kalahari desert.
Zambia
Zambia offers travelers some of the world's best safari opportunities, a glimpse into "real Africa", and Victoria Falls, one of the World's Seven Natural Wonders and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Destinations
Mozambique
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Mozambique is a country on the Indian Ocean coast of Southern Africa.
Malawi
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Malawi is a small, landlocked country in Africa whose eastern border mostly follows Lake Malawi, the third largest lake on the continent.
Botswana
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Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa and is sandwiched between five countries: Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Lesotho
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Lesotho is a small country totally surrounded by South Africa.
Eswatini
Eswatini, officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly known as Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.Southern Africa
- Type: allopatric speciation
- Description: southernmost region of the African continent
- Neighbors: Central Africa and East Africa
- Category: cultural region
- Location: Africa
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Latitude of centre
-25.4565° or 25° 27' 23" southLongitude of centre
23.7141° or 23° 42' 51" eastWikidata ID
Q27394Southern Africa Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tafriqt Wenẓul
- Achinese: Afrika Blah Seulatan
- Achinese: Afrika blah tunong
- Afar: Qubla Afrika
- Afrikaans: Suider-Afrika
- Albanian: Afrika jugore
- Arabic: Kasalatan nga Apriká
- Arabic: أفريقيا الجنوبية
- Arabic: أفريقيا الجنوبيه
- Arabic: إفريقيا الجنوبية
- Arabic: جنوب أفريقيا (منطقة)
- Arabic: جنوبي أفريقيا
- Armenian: Հարավային Աֆրիկա
- Arpitan: Africa ôstrâla
- Asturian: África Austral
- Avaric: Geefa Afrika
- Azerbaijani: Cənubi Afrika
- Bashkir: Көньяҡ Африка
- Basque: Hegoaldeko Afrika
- Bavarian: siadlichs Afrika
- Belarusian: Паўднёвая Афрыка
- Bengali: দক্ষিণাঞ্চলীয় আফ্রিকা
- Bosnian: Južna Afrika
- Breton: Afrika ar Su
- Bulgarian: Южна Африка
- Catalan: Àfrica Austral
- Central Bikol: Aprikang Habagatan
- Central Kurdish: باشووری ئەفریقا
- Chinese: Lâm Hui-chiu
- Chinese: 南部非洲
- Chinese: 非洲南部
- Chuvash: Кăнтăр Африка
- Croatian: Južna Afrika
- Czech: Jižní Afrika
- Czech: jižní Afrika
- Danish: Sydlige Afrika
- Dimli (individual language): Verocê Afrika
- Dutch: Zuidelijk Afrika
- Egyptian Arabic: افريقيا الجنوبيه
- Esperanto: Suda Afriko
- Estonian: Lõuna-Aafrika
- Finnish: Eteläinen Afrikka
- French: Afrique australe
- Galician: África austral
- Georgian: სამხრეთი აფრიკა
- German: Südafrika
- German: Südliches Afrika
- Greek: Μεσημβρινή Αφρική
- Greek: νότια Αφρική
- Haitian: Afrik disid
- Hausa: Kudancin Afirka
- Hebrew: אפריקה הדרומית
- Hindi: दक्षिणी अफ्रीका
- Hungarian: Dél-Afrika
- Icelandic: Sunnanverð Afríka
- Iloko: Akin-abagatan nga Aprika
- Inari Sami: máddáápiälááš Afrik
- Indonesian: Afrika bagian selatan
- Irish: Deisceart na hAfraice
- Italian: Africa australe
- Italian: Africa del Sud
- Japanese: 南アフリカ
- Japanese: 南部アフリカ
- Javanese: Afrika Bagéyan Kidul
- Kabyle: Tafriqt Wenẓul
- Kannada: ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ
- Kara-Kalpak: Qubla Afrika
- Kinaray-A: Afrika Nabagatnan
- Kinaray-A: Nabagatnan nga Afrika
- Kongo: Afelika ya Sudi
- Korean: 남아불리가
- Korean: 남아프리카
- Kotava: Geefa Afrika
- Lao: Akin-abagatan nga Aprika
- Latin: Africa Austrina
- Latin: Africa meridiana
- Latvian: Dienvidu Āfrika
- Latvian: Dienvidāfrika
- Lingua Franca Nova: Africa sude
- Lithuanian: Pietų Afrika
- Luxembourgish: Südlecht Afrika
- Macedonian: Јужна Африка
- Malagasy: Faritra Atsimo ao Afrika
- Malay: Selatan Afrika
- Malay: سلاتن افريکا
- Marathi: दक्षिण आफ्रिका
- Min Nan Chinese: Lâm Hui-chiu
- Mingrelian: ობჟათე აფრიკა
- Moksha: Лямбеширень Африкась
- Mongolian: Өмнө Африк
- Mongolian: Өмнөд Африк
- N'Ko: ߊߝߙߌߞߌ߬ ߥߙߏ߬ߘߎ߯
- N'Ko: ߥߙߏ߬ߘߎ߯ ߊߝߙߌߞߌ߬
- Northern Sami: lulli-Afrihká
- Norwegian: Sørlige Afrika
- Norwegian Bokmål: det sørlige Afrika
- Norwegian Bokmål: sørlige Afrika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sørlege Afrika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: det sørlege Afrika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sørlege Afrika
- Occitan (post 1500): Africa Australa
- Pedi: Borwa ba Afrika
- Persian: جنوب آفریقا
- Polish: Afryka Południowa
- Portuguese: África Austral
- Pushto: سوېلي افريقا (سيمه)
- Pushto: سوېلي افريقا
- Romanian: Africa Sudică
- Romanian: Africa de Sud
- Russian: Южная Африка
- Rusyn: Южна Африка
- Serbian: Južna Afrika
- Serbian: Јужна Африка
- Serbo-Croatian: Južna Afrika
- Shona: Afurika ye Chamhembe
- Shona: Chamhembe che Afurika
- Silesian: Połedniowŏ Afryka
- Sindhi: ڏاکڻي آفريڪا
- Sinhala: දක්ෂිණ අප්රිකාව
- Skolt Sami: saujj-Afrikk
- Slovak: južná Afrika
- Slovenian: Južna Afrika
- Somali: Koonfurta Afrika
- Southern Sotho: Borwa ba Afrika
- Spanish: sur de África
- Spanish: África austral
- Spanish: África del Sur
- Spanish: África de l sureste
- Swahili: Afrika ya Kusini
- Swedish: Södra Afrika
- Tagalog: Katimugang Aprika
- Tajik: Африқои Ҷанубӣ
- Tamil: தெற்கு ஆபிரிக்கா
- Tatar: Көньяк Африка
- Thai: แอฟริกาใต้
- Turkish: Güney Afrika
- Turkmen: Günorta Afrika
- Ukrainian: Південна Африка
- Urdu: جنوبی افریقا
- Urdu: جنوبی افریقہ
- Uzbek: Janubiy Afrika
- Uzbek: Janubiy afrika
- Venetian: Africa del Sud
- Venetian: Àfrica Austrałe
- Vietnamese: Nam Phi
- Walloon: Afrike nonnrece
- Waray (Philippines): Kasalatan nga Apriká
- Welsh: De Affrica
- Western Frisian: Súdlik Afrika
- Wolof: Bëj-saalumu Afrig
- Wu Chinese: 南部非洲
- Yakut: Соҕурууҥҥу Африка
- Yiddish: דרומדיקע אַפֿריקע
- Yiddish: דרומדיקע אפריקע
- Yoruba: Apágúúsù Áfríkà
- Yue Chinese: 非洲南部
- Africa meridionale
- Afrika Bagian Selatan
- Etelä-Afrikka
- Južná Afrika
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Southern Africa. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.